News round-up: Titan jails ‘set for overcrowding’

Titan jails to have overcrowding built into design, admits ministryThe new generation of titan “superprisons” are being designed to be overcrowded from the start, the Justice Ministry admitted yesterday.

Mother facing jail for abandoning toddlerA 22-year-old mother who left her two-year-old son alone in a flooded kitchen while she spent a weekend with her boyfriend was yesterday found guilty of child cruelty.

Time taken to shut child abuse sites criticisedChild protection experts have called for greater efforts to patrol child abuse websites after a study revealed that it takes a month on average to take them down from the internet.

Health and safety rules make children bland says headSchools terrified of being sued are in danger of creating a generation of bland and anodyne children, an independent school head gave warning yesterday.

Death by postcode: Baby killed after social workers lost touch with parents after they moved houseA baby girl on the ‘at risk’ register was shaken to death by her violent father after he evaded social services monitoring by moving two miles to a different local authority area.